Zawiyat Janzur

For the town near Tripoli, see Janzur.

Zawiyat Janzur زاوية جنزور Zawiat Janzur
Village
Zawiyat Janzur Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°58′14″N 24°44′52″E / 31.97056°N 24.74778°E / 31.97056; 24.74778Coordinates: 31°58′14″N 24°44′52″E / 31.97056°N 24.74778°E / 31.97056; 24.74778
Country	Libya
District	Butnan
Time zone	UTC + 2

Zawiyat Janzur, or Zawiyat Zanzur, also Zauiet Gianzur is a small coastal village located at Cyrenaica in eastern Libya.^[1] It's linked by road with Bi'r al Ashhab to the south.

Janzur is known as the bithplace of Omar Mukhtar, the Libyan resistance leader during the Italian rule.

Notes

↑ Zāwiyat Zanzūr (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Butnan District, Libya

Capital	Tobruk

Towns and villages	Jaghbub Bardia Gazala Musaid Acroma Al Adm Bi'r al Ashhab Zawiyat Janzur Kambut Gasr el Jadi

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